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Springfield man agrees to serve 15 years in prison for 2020 shooting of trooper during gun battle (with video)
Summary by Ground News
Christopher Gardner, 33, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder and other crimes. He fired a gun that pierced a responding trooper's cruiser and hit the trooper in the leg. Trooper Michael Palmer, who had joined the ranks of the state police only two years earlier, was forced to leave.